Bright Sword: Construction starts from southeastern Shanxi

At this time, the Eighth Route Army soldiers in various positions were also stunned by the artillery that their brigade had secretly equipped. They had never seen more than a dozen artillery pieces rushing towards the enemy's position with flames and then making earth-shaking explosions.

However, after they realized what was happening, everyone began to show excitement. From now on, on the battlefield, the Japanese army will also start to enjoy the pain of being bombarded by artillery fire.

At this time, the commander of the artillery column, Yang Zihua, watched the artillerymen who had gone to the brigade for training operate these artillery pieces and quickly dismantle the barrels and place them on the carriage beside them, tying the wheels and preparing to evacuate the battlefield. His eyes popped out. He had studied artillery technology for more than ten years, but this was the first time he saw artillery being made like this.

He was immediately overjoyed. This was simply tailor-made for the Eighth Route Army. Looking at these artillery pieces, his mouth almost watered. He thought that after this battle was over, he must go to the brigade headquarters and ask the brigade commander for a regiment of artillery equipment.

After four rounds of salvos from four rocket launchers, there were not many Japanese troops left on the battlefield. So when the third signal flare rose and illuminated the night sky, the charge sounded throughout the battlefield.

The soldiers rushed out of the trenches and began to rush towards the Japanese troops at the foot of the mountain according to the attack tactics they had trained before. At the heavy machine gun positions, bullets gushed out and began to shoot at the remaining Japanese troops, suppressing their sporadic counterattacks.

Seeing this scene, the remaining Japanese troops completely collapsed and began to retreat regardless of the sergeant's orders. At the same time, the artillery regiment began to extend its artillery fire, continuously bombarding the retreat route of the remaining Japanese troops.

In the rear, the 88th, 89th, and 783rd Regiments, upon seeing the third flare rising, understood that the general offensive had begun, and immediately encircled the Japanese army from the rear and rushed towards its rear.

At this time, the entire Japanese battlefield was in chaos. There was almost no officer who could stand up and organize the troops to fight back. They could only be broken through the defense line and divided and surrounded by the Eighth Route Army soldiers.

The logistics troops, including baggage, engineering, artillery, etc. in the rear, were immediately panicked and at a loss when they saw the front-line collapse so quickly. They did not begin to flee in panic until they were surrounded by the Eighth Route Army in the rear.

In less than an hour, the gunfire on the entire battlefield began to become sporadic, and the battlefield was littered with the wreckage of the Japanese army. Soldiers from each regiment began to clean up the battlefield in batches.

At the same time, on the southern battlefield, since Zeng Jiwen assigned the task of ambush the Japanese Nakamura Regiment to the 47th Army, the army commander Li Jiayu personally led all the troops except a regiment defending Dongyang Pass to ambush in the Danhe Gorge between Jincheng and Qinxian. If the Japanese army entered Jincheng from northern Henan, they would definitely advance along this narrow mountain road.

At 17 pm in the afternoon, the 52nd Infantry Regiment of the Japanese Army, led by Regiment Commander Yoshirozo Nakamura, gradually advanced from Kongzhuang to Dongpo. At this time, the 52nd Regiment had not yet received the news that the 117th Regiment had been ambushed, and was still preparing to capture southern Shanxi according to the original plan.

At this time, Li Jiayu, commander of the 47th Army, led the 104th and 178th Divisions to ambush in this area. Seeing the Japanese army gradually entering the ambush circle, he immediately sent a regiment to block the retreat route of the Nakamura Regiment, and at the same time arranged a regiment on the front to prevent the Nakamura Regiment from breaking through the front.

When the Nakamura Regiment completely entered the ambush circle, based on the experience he had previously consulted with Zeng Jiwen, Lijiayu immediately decided to concentrate firepower to destroy the Japanese army's heavy firepower and artillery. As the order was issued, the Japanese army in the entire canyon was suddenly attacked by the 47th Army descending from the top of the mountain.

Due to the long and winding canyon, the Japanese army could not unite quickly and could only rely on the huge rocks and gullies everywhere to start a counterattack. For a while, gunshots rang out, and a fierce battle broke out between the 47th Army and the Nakamura Regiment in the rear camp of Danhe Gorge.